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🌱 Teen Shot At Bus Stop + New Hours For Animal Shelter

Here's a five-minute guide to everything worth knowing around town today.

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Happy Wednesday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening locallytoday.

First, today's weather:

Turning cloudy and cooler. High: 56 Low: 43.

Here are the top stories in Duluth today:

  1. The Gwinnett County Animal Shelter has modified its hours of operation. This is a seasonal change, meaning that it will be closing one hour earlier. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
  2. Two Gwinnett men, whom I mentioned yesterday, were included in indictments on the federal level that involve an alleged conspiracy to sell large amounts of methamphetamine. The Gwinnett police department worked with the federal government on this case to decrease the amounts of the hard drug on the streets. (Gwinnettdailypost.com)
  3. Two Buford parents were recently indicted in the death of their 5-year-old daughter. They have been accused of starving their child to death. (Gainesville Times)
  4. Gwinnett County Public School District is planning several vaccine clinics in the months of November and December. The clinics will not require an appointment, and will be held in several of GCPS high schools. You must be 12 years and older to receive a vaccine, and any minor should be accompanied by an adult. (Press Release Desk )
  5. A 16-year old GCPS student was shot and killed at his bus stop on Tuesday morning. The two suspects are also teenagers, and have been arrested after concerned neighbors described the two young men to officials. (WSBTV)


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Today in Duluth:

Duluth Patch Notebook

  • City of Duluth: Special Delivery! The City of Duluth has been extra good this year, so Santa sent his best elf to help us get ready for Deck the Hall! The only problem is they lost their name tag in transit, so we will have to make them a new one. (Instagram)
  • Duluth Police Department: Some pumpkinhead dressed as the Joker for Halloween decided to drink too much and tried driving off but not before damaging another car. Several people stepped in to stop this man, and moments later, Officer Nielsen arrived on the scene. (Facebook)
  • Georgia Gwinnett College: November is Georgia "Apply to College Month," and in celebration, we're waiving the application fee all month long!⁣ ⁣ Begin your journey to becoming a college graduate and apply to GGC today! (Instagram)
  • City of Duluth - City Hall: City contractors will begin repaving select roads later this week and the project is expected to be completed by the end of the month. (Facebook)


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— Lyndsay Kendall Oxley (she/her)

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